My GhostDiane PialorsiThe author seeks help in finding someone special to her, someone she knows thus far only as an apparition.

Pauline Pegolotti: From the Italian Alps to FerndaleJames PegolottiA young woman discovers her calling in the New World.

Female students pose in front of a sign for Humboldt State College during a Campus Work Day. This photograph, from the HSU collections, is undated, but the girls’ winsome work outfits and hairstyles suggest the 1940s. The Campus Work Day observance began in 1925 and quickly became a popular and useful activity. With classes called off, all students and faculty spent the day cleaning campus buildings and grounds. At nightfall, work gave way to a party and dance, a tradition that lasted until 1956.